Officials told NDTV that experts are preparing a short, medium and long-term plan to deal with the crisis.
For years, voters have warned that large-scale work in and around Joshimath, including a hydroelectric project, could lead to landslides.
One team of the National Disaster Response Force (ND Rating) and four teams of the State Disaster Force are stationed in Joshimath. NDTV has learned that all relocation work has also been affected.
It has been said by the PMO that a clear time bound reconstruction plan should be prepared. Using this opportunity a risk sensitive urban development plan should also be developed for Joshmath as there is a risk of continuous critical monitoring.
Secretary Border Management and members of the National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA will visit the state tomorrow and review the situation, sources told NDTV after a review meeting by the PM’s office.
Privilege Pushkar Singh Dhami, who visited the affected areas, today held a meeting with the officials and ordered the dissemination of information to expedite the relief work.
A detailed report with satellite imagery and photographs sketched through studies by National First Sensing Centre, Secunderabad and Indian Institute of Junior Sensing, Joshimath has been ordered.
Regarding the whole matter where the local people are blaming the creation change and the continuous development of the lake. The Criterion, however, argues that a variety of factors – both human activity and nature – are responsible for this.
All construction setbacks in and around Joshimath in Chamoli district, how many mega entries like the Chardham all-weather road (Helang-Marwari Darshak) and NTPC’s hydropower project, have been put on hold, residents demand.
Joshimath falls under one of the most seismically active regions of the country – officially included as Zone-V (Very Severe Intensified Zone).